Saint Edward's University
About
Saint Edward's University is a private institution located in Austin, Texas, founded in 1885 by the Congregation of Holy Cross. The university emphasizes rigorous academics and experiential learning opportunities, and it has over 30 years of designation as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI).
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 3.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 67 Title IV programs, 25 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 41 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing25 · 37.3%
- No Data41 · 61.2%
- Failing1 · 1.5%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Programmatic accreditations · 1
Action history · 8
- Oct 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Aug 2025Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2025Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2024Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Aug 2023Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 1,259 students received $7.5M in Pell grants, alongside $19.6M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 1,008 borrowers who entered repayment, 17 (1.6%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Saint Edward's
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 6
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus20
Includes 16 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- Race1
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Saint Edward's vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Saint Edward's selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectSaint Edward's University | 63% | — | 3,033 | $23,636 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Augsburg University | 52% | 82.0% | 3,249 | $23,875 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
California Lutheran University | 70% | 75.7% | 3,351 | $26,433 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Elmhurst University | 70% | 73.6% | 3,997 | $21,063 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Florida Southern College | 71% | 64.4% | 3,211 | $29,664 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
Hamline University | 60% | 87.6% | 2,565 | $21,385 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Iona University | 56% | 86.9% | 3,958 | $27,951 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
La Salle University | 58% | 96.6% | 3,153 | $21,409 | Doctoral/Professional |
North Central College | 64% | 77.3% | 3,003 | $23,033 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Rider University | 61% | 78.6% | 4,003 | $25,287 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Saint Mary's College of California | 70% | 86.5% | 2,734 | $31,198 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
St. Joseph's University-New York | 69% | 72.0% | 3,899 | $17,622 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
St. Mary's University | 59% | 97.8% | 3,456 | $21,352 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
University of Dallas | 73% | 53.4% | 2,078 | $25,470 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
University of Redlands | 67% | 82.7% | 3,087 | $22,867 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
| Peer group median | 64% | 80.3% | 3,211 | $23,636 |
Saint Edward's Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
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Visit IR office pageReports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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